Reaching a goal usually feels good for less time than you’d expect. Pick goals you’d enjoy chasing too.

Arrival is shorter than anyone warns you. The feeling of finally getting something lasts a few days, then the new situation becomes normal and you are back to ordinary life, which is where almost all your time goes. If the daily version of the goal is miserable, you are buying years of that for a weekend of satisfaction.

Look at what reaching your goal would have you doing every day, and ask whether you want those days. Pick the version with practice you can stand. Then judge it by the Wednesdays rather than the finish line.